Make The Jump To Lightspeed

Visitors can step into Luke Skywalker's place in the scene where Darth Vader reveals he is Luke's father.

Another scene is the lightsaber battle between Darth Maul and Jedis Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Fans can sit alongside Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon cockpit and take the freighter to lightspeed, using audio-visual effects.

Visitors can also have a lightsaber duel with Anakin Skywalker.

Nearby, Han Solo slouches in a booth at the Mos Eisley Cantina with his boot up on a table.

See Yoda up close at Madame Tussauds

"You can sit next to them and touch them. I've just had a drink with Han, it's great!" said fan Paul Slim from Birmingham, central England, who won tickets to a sneak preview Tuesday.

"It's like you're in the movies," he told AFP.

Senior sculptor Dave Burks said the team watched the films more than 10 times and worked with fans to get the minutiae correct.

"The smallest details to Darth Vader's belt and what lights needs to come on at the right time and in what sequence; small things like that have been a real challenge to get absolutely right," he said as lightsabers fizzed in the background.

The first film in a new trilogy, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, featuring actors from the classic original trilogy, is due out in December.

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